DeepState claims not all military left 'Uspenivka cul-de-sac'. Khortytsia troop grouping denies
Analysts from the DeepState monitoring project alleged that the Russians have captured the territory of the so-called "Uspenivka cul-de-sac", from which not all Ukrainian soldiers were allegedly able to leave. The Khortytsia troop grouping says that this is not true, it said in a statement.
DeepState also wrote that leaving the Ukrainian military surrounded will be “on the conscience of those responsible for this mistake until the end of days.”
Meanwhile, the Khortytsia troop grouping stated that the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskyi, decided to withdraw units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine from the Uspenivka area to avoid encirclement. They allegedly managed to carry out the necessary maneuvers and are continuing to perform tasks at the Kurakhove-Kostiantynopolske line.
"The dissemination of unverified and unreliable information harms the performance of tasks by the Defense Forces of Ukraine, is actively distributed by the information resources of the aggressor state, and fully corresponds to the enemy's narratives," Khortytsia stated.
More about the "Uspenivka cul-de-sac"
On December 12, DeepState project analysts reported the worsening situation around the "Uspenivka cul-de-sac" — the situation near Uspenivka, Hannivka, Trudove, and Romanivka.
According to analysts, the Russians are actively storming Uspenivka, and the Defense Forces are unable to completely dislodge them from there. In addition, the Russians can maneuver between Uspenivka and Hannivka, which effectively cuts off Ukrainian units in this "cul-de-sac."
DeepState accused the Donetsk operational-tactical troop grouping of inaction: "The enemy is occupying an increasingly large territory directly in Uspenivka, risking closing the ring and leaving the Defense Forces units in Hannivka, Uspenivka, Trudove, Veselyi Hay, and Romanivka."
hromadske's sources among the units stationed on this sector of the front also spoke about the critical situation in the "cul-de-sac" close to the encirclement, and were indignant at the actions of the high command.
Meanwhile, Khortytsia explained that the operation being carried out by Ukrainian units involves "maximum exhaustion of the enemy, destruction of its resource, and preservation of our personnel."
According to the FT, the commander of the Donetsk operational troop grouping, Oleksandr Lutsenko, was dismissed after the rapid advance of Russian forces towards Pokrovsk. Brigadier General Oleksandr Tarnavskyi was appointed to this position.
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